“When we were in government, we had a record spending on defence. Under Labor it had been down to the lowest level since 1938 ...”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Dutton is incorrect. When measured as a share of GDP, defence spending under Labor fell to 1.52 per cent, which is the lowest since 1938-39 when it was 1.5 per cent. But the high point of spending under the previous Coalition government (2.04 per cent) is far from the highest year on record, 1942-43 (34 per cent). Even when measured using real spending figures, Mr Dutton's claim does not pass muster. While spending in the 2020-21 financial year was the highest on record using this measure,...
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In short
Peter Dutton (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 2 September 2022. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2022, 26 days later. Its rating was “Incorrect”.
Peter Dutton has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- peterdutton.com.auhttps://www.peterdutton.com.au/leader-of-the-opposition-transcript-doorstop-with-ms-angie…
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